Prayer of the Day

Prayer from Rig Veda

ऋषि    :    शाक्त्यॊ गौरिवीतिः
दॆवता    :    इन्द्रः
छन्दस्    :    त्रिष्टुप्

ॐ

च॒क्रं यद॑स्या॒प्स्वा निष॑त्तमु॒तॊ तद॑स्मै॒ मध्विच्च॑च्छद्यात् ।
पृ॒थि॒व्यामति॑षितं॒ यदूधः॒ पयॊ॒ गॊष्वद॑धा॒ ऒष॑धीषु ॥ १०.७३.९ ॥

ॐ

Mantra as Romanized text

 
RuShi    :    shAktyO gaurivItiH
Aspect Hailed:    Indra
Chandas    :    Trishtup

Om

chakraM yadasyApsvA niShattamutO tadasmai madhvichchachChadyAt |
pRuthivyAmatiShitaM yadUdhaH payO gOShvadadhA OShadhIShu || 10.73.9 ||

(chakraM yat asya apsu A niShattam utO tat asmai madhvit chachChadyAt |
pRuthivyAm atiShitaM yat UdhaH payO gOShu udadhA OShadhIShu ||  )

Om

Meaning of the Prayer Mantra:

 His disc is everywhere in the sky; It also attracts the water for Him;
When let on ground it (water) puts milk into cows and sap in the herbs.

 Notes: 

1. niShatta - seated; chachChadyAt - attracts; atiShitam - bound; Udhas - water body; 
payaH - milk; udaDha - container.

2. The rain aspect is praised here. 

The cloud occupies the sky. When that falls on the ground as rain,
the world prospers - cows making milk, herbs growing well.